Sir Robert McAlpine clinches £4bn Somerset gigafactory
Sir Robert McAlpine has struck a deal to build the first of three major units at UK’s biggest…
July 2024
Knights Brown tops £100m again
Hampshire-based contractor Knights Brown has posted record turnover in its latest accounts, but only just. Read Full Article:…
Northolt tunnel reaches halfway mark
HS2 contractor SCS JV has completed half of the 8.4-mile twin bored Northolt tunnel underneath London. Read Full…
Construction product manufacturers exposed as digital dawdlers
Research published by the Construction Leadership Council suggests that construction product manufacturers are still living in the 20th…
Instruction Pretraining LLMs
A lot has happened last month: Apple announced the integration of on-device LLMs, Nvidia shared their large Nemotron…
King’s Speech wins cautiously positive review from construction industry
With King Charles opening the first Labour government in 14 years with the official King’s Speech, the construction…
World’s widest multi-tower cable-stayed bridge opens in China
The Fengyi Bridge in Shaanxi Province in central China has opened for traffic. UK consultant Arup, which designed…
Besix and Matière start pioneering seven-bridge contract in Gabon
Contractor Besix and civil engineer Matière have reached financial close on a contract to design and build seven…
Vinci lands role on Germany’s first hydrogen-powered steel factory
Vinci subsidiary Cobra IS has won a €74m contract for piping and mechanical works on a major hydrogen-powered…
3D laser scanning for land surveying can help map the UK’s ageing rail network
Land surveying is an essential part of maintaining and modernising British rail. Terrestrial laser scanning and mobile LiDAR,…